Health extends polio vaccination campaign due to low adherence

Due to low adherence, the Ministry of Health has decided to extend the National Vaccination Campaign on Monday (5). against polioIt will be closed on Friday, September 30th (9). The focus of the campaign is not only to vaccinate children aged 1-4 years with the first doses, but also to encourage booster dosing in older children.

Four days before the end of the national immunization effort, only 34.4% of children aged six months to 4 years were vaccinated by Monday, which is 11 months and 29 days (5). Brazilian Agency. The figure represents and shows just 3.9 million doses. A large number of 7.5 million children in the country have not yet been vaccinated against polio.

Along with the measure, the Ministry also expanded the multi-vaccination campaign, which was carried out together with polio and aimed at restoring the vaccination coverage of children and adolescents who stopped receiving the vaccines stipulated in the national legislation during the pandemic period. vaccination schedule.

What vaccines are available in the 2022 National Campaign?

Although eradication of polio has been documented in Brazil since 1994, low vaccination coverage in recent years has caused acute infectious disease to remain a priority in the vaccination campaign. Currently, the town hall of Rorainópolis in Roraima, investigating a suspected case of the disease in severe forms, it leads to paralysis of the lower limbs.

In addition to the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (VIP), 17 more immunizers available To update vaccination records for children and adolescents up to 15 years of age.

remain available, up to 30the following vaccines: Hepatitis A and B, Penta (DTP/Hib/Hep B), Pneumococcus 10 valence, HRV (Human Rotavirus Vaccine), Meningococcal C (conjugate), OPV (Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine), yellow fever, MMR ( Measles , Rubella , Mumps), Tetraviral (Measles, Rubella, Mumps, Chickenpox), DTP (triple bacterial), Chickenpox and quadruple HPV (Human Papillomavirus).